Wednesday, December 23, 2009

An interesting event.

From: Andrew Dickson <andrewdickson2009@gmail.com>Date: Dec 23, 2009 4:38 PMSubject: Team Trev and Zero RaceTo: zerocarbonfuture@gmail.comHi John,Would it be possible for you to forward this email to your email network? It is for a unique project which will take an innovative South Australian electric car onto the world stage in 2010.Regards,Andrew DicksonTeam Trev, www.teamtrev.com***************************************************You are invited to attend a special event on the evening of 7th of January 2010.Team Trev (www.teamtrev.com), a team of (mostly) South Australian volunteers, is preparing to race a small green electric car around the world.Zero Race (www.zero-race.com) is the first race around the world for electric cars powered by renewable energy. The race starts in June 2010 in Shanghai. Participants will drive 30,000 km around the world, passing through 20 countries. The aim of Zero Race is to highlight the need for sustainable transport and showcase electric vehicles to the world.The director of Zero Race, Louis Palmer, will visit Adelaide from Switzerland on 7 January 2010 to give a presentation on this amazing event. He will also talk about his trip around the world in 2007-8 in the solar powered electric car SolarTaxi (www.solartaxi.com). If you met Louis (www.zero-race.com/en/organisor/) when SolarTaxi passed through Adelaide, you will know that he is a very interesting person with a fantastic story to tell.Come along at 7pm and hear about Zero Race, learn all about Team Trev and inspect our unique electric car Trev.This event is a fundraiser for Team Trev. The entrance fee is $10 ($5 concession).The venue is the University of South Australia’s City West Campus on North Terrace. RSVPs to andrewdickson2009@gmail.com would be appreciated for logistics purposes but are not essential.You can download an invitation with venue details here: <http://teamtrev.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/2010-01-07_invitation.pdf>We hope to see you there!Andrew DicksonTeam Trevwww.teamtrev.com